You Can Do This: A Mind and Body Approach to Quitting Smoking

Description

​Tackle your quitting goal with a holistic approach. This workshop combines the mind and the body elements of quitting. Facilitated by a psychotherapist at Railyard trained in change-making endeavors, you will be guided through a process of working with your motivations and your obstacles to quitting. In the final section of the workshop, Emma Merritt, an herbalist at Railyard, will teach herbal strategies to support your process of quitting smoking. You will learn about how herbs can help support the mind and body through the quitting process. Herbs can ease tension, reduce the perception of stress, and soothe digestion. Herbal remedies also play a supportive role in healing the lungs and cardiovascular system. Leave the workshop with new understanding and tools to see you through to your non-smoking self.

Bring a notebook and pen for this hands-on workshop.$24 in advance, $29 day-of. If you register online the day of, you will be asked for $5 at the door.

Taught by Autumn Barnett. Autumn is a psychotherapist who works with men, women, and nonbinary adults facing a range of challenges. She is trained in Motivational Interviewing, a goal-oriented and person-centered approach to making changes in one’s life. In her clinical practice she primarily works with people through an in-depth process of understanding, healing, and growth. A sampling of the challenges clients have addressed with her include:

Anxiety & depression

Low sense of self-worth

Identifying and setting boundaries

Self-destructive behaviors

Recent trauma

Emotional numbness or emotional overwhelm

Violence towards a partner or from a partner

Being gender non-conforming, LGB, dyslexic, or in a wheelchair in a culture that expects you not to be.